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UN High Commissioner resorts to Libyan formula to address Syrian situation

Posted by seumasach on September 13, 2011

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13th September, 2011

Without indentifying what she called “reliable sources, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that the alleged repression by the Syrian government has claimed 1600 lives since protests began some six months ago, and she requested the same civilian-protection efforts by foreign countries she previously asked for Libya.

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